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Gonuino meda by . . :, . c''.PAvy, Madiscn, Wis - QETS FOR SALLOW FECPLF ilss8er I StftfoT all TKB,OaT and' b TaiJ'03LBS, or MONEY I THE EDITOR'S LEISURE HOURS. Observations of Passing Events. None of us can properly estimate and appreciate the changes that are wrought on the world in a score of years; and what may be wrought in m sn Far tn Tpms Nnw two score cently it was stated by the New York World that the last man killed in the Civil Waa was John Jefferson Williams, from Jay county, Indiana. He was xexas, Alay lo, 18to, more than a month after Lee's surrender. So long the distance and so poor the mediums down arms had not readied the posts of the two armies at that point Think of taking a month now to send on this continent to any other point. of travel and communication have annihilated the distances of the pros ent time. Ihe recent unpleasantness" between the courts of North Carolina and the District Federal Court, in which cessf ully Strong tor Slates' Rights. regulate its brought to the front all over the. country, the subject of states' rights. The press, we believe, have generally, sided papers in the North which do not often enough to call forth much commendation. Governor Hanly, of Indiana, in a speech at Elkhart some days ago spoke out boldly for the various States in directing their own affairs. Governor Hanly is a strong Republican, but made the following pointed observations: "President Roosevelt has earn ed the confidence and the gratitude of his countrymen by courageous work and signal service and I do not speak in unkindly criticism, for I believe in the purity of his purpose and in his greatness. But he is not infallible, however strong of soul and pure of heart he may be. Proposals, even from him which are calculated to effect the relations of the Federal government to the several States should be thought out, studied, and analyzed before we adopt them." Mrs. Carrie Nation, who has attained unto a national reputation as a strenuous reformer, spent some time Sirs. Carria Katloa. reports were given by the papers of her addresses and she was credited with saying many things, some wise and some otherwise. At Raleigh she went into the dispensary and delivered an address of effect against liquor drinking. She attacked many kinds of vice in her public addresses and declared for a noble manhood and pure womanhood. Mrs. Nation, as most people know, started her career as a saloon smasher in Kansas some years ago, and she has kept up her vigorous work against liquor and to bacco so long that the people generally have come to believe that she is not doing it all as a fad, but by reason of her convictions. She seems to bo a sensationalist, and resorts to plans and sayings that tend to draw crowds. She is said by some of the newspaper reporters to be more refined than she is sometimes represented, and there is an earnestness about her addresses that impresses most people with her sincerity in her efforts to do good. Doubtless Mrs. Nation says some things which she should not, and so negatives some of the good she would otherwise do ; but from what we have gathered from newspaper reports of her work, she has perhaps done some good in North Carolina, and if more good than harm her coming will not hurt. Several years ago The Commonwealth studied somewhat the question of railroad passenger fares and railroad freight charges in North Carolina; 5f4 . , ., and we contended then that the real reform Hill Corns a-aB? Awulo. necded Jn railroad matters for the peoplo of North Carolina was reduction in freight rates rather than in passenger fare. The Wall Street Journal of Commerce has recently discussed the railroad troubles in North Carolina and says that the freight discrimina tion h what is hurting our State. It shows how geographically we are at a disadvantage because of certain coast-wise facilities with our sister States of Virginia on the North and South Carolina on the South. The Charlotte Observer discusses tke question in a sensible way partially as follows; "Norfolk city and harbor at the corner of two States, belong geographically about as much to North Carolina as to Virginia ; indeed, but for business from North Carolina and States further South Norfolk wonld sink into decay. It is more a North Carolina port than a Virginia port and North Carolina feels real pride and interest in it. Moreover, North Carolina's own port of Wilmington compares favorably with-Norfolk in port business and quite outclasses Charleston. The main fact is that when freight rates for this section were first fixed North Carolina had no friend at court and she lacked cities sufficiently strong or wide awake to make a stand for the fair treatment with-held from her. J3he was unresistingly given over to be exploited. Now, however, that old towns have grown into vigorous and ambitious young cities despite the tremendous disadvantage under which they labored, there is another story to teU North Carolina, at last awake to the great injustice done her, de mands' her rights and will not long submit to be denied. Neither The Observer nor any one else will undertake to say precisely what rates North r.rolina points are entitled to, Dut it Wpnt rates outrage common reason and common justice vir too much, then extra-State is the gross discrimination-a discrimination which handicaps us heavily in the race of life which is intolerable J-13 For years i;' altoether incalculable. Re killed in a fight nt Palmetto Ranch, of communication that word to lay a communication from any one point We do not realize how conveniences Governor Glenn has so boldly and sue declared for the right of the State to own affairs under its own laws, has with Governor Glenn, except some see good in the South at least not in North Carolina recently. She visited quite a number of places in the State and delivered many addresses. Prettv full is as pium buu . If we are points are paying far too little It ana wmcn mu u ureuuw. Vomen's troubles very often occur regularly at a certain time every month. Be cause this may have been so all your life, is no reason why it should continue. Many thousands of women, who had previously suffered from troubles similar to yours,' due to disorder of the womanly organs, have found welcoms relief or cure jn git wonderfully successful medicine for women, Mrs. Leota Forte, of Toledo, 111., writes : I am well pleased with tie reralts oi using oaraui. i navo taken three bottles and am now perfectly well, free from pain and have gained 25 pounds in weight" WRITE US A LETTER SWEET REVENGE. Upon lQiicri!iRa a Fortune Johnson Destroys His Worst Enumy. (Judpre ) " 'And to mv beloved nephew. Hiram Johnson, I bequeath the sum of $100,000.' " "What what's that?" gasped the nephew. " 'To my beloved nephew, Hiram Johnson,' " repeated the lawyer who was reading the will, " 'I bequeath the sum of $100,000.' " "Do do you mean to say that I am now worth all that money? And do do you mean to say I can now throw up my job at Keepemdown & Kickem's?" "You can, sir." "And that and that I won't have to leap out of bed after this when the alarm clock goes off?" "A man of your wealth, sir, can sleep all day," replied the lawyer as he held ou t his hand. "Allow me to congratulate you," But Mr. Johnson waived him back and stood like one dazed for a few moments. Then he reached for his hat and ran out the front door and dashed up the street. Thinking the good fortune had affected his brain, the lawyer hastened after him, and he was soon joined by others in the pursuit. Hiram made straight for the little room in the boarding house he had so long called home, and as he rushed up the steps four police men and a score of men, women and children were at his heels. When officers had succeeded in breaking open the door that Hiramliad closed and locked after him, he had an ax in his hands and was pounding some-1 thing to pieces on the floor of the room. "Poor fellow, he has gone mad," remarked one of the policemen. "You've got another guess com ing, chuckled the man who had just inherited a fortune as he jump ed up and down on the wreck he had made. "I'm only knocking the life of that blamed alarm clock that has been getting me up at daylight every morning for the past ten years." Carrey Gat Death Sentences. (London Daily Chronicle. A correspondent is desirous to know which is the most common form employed in the carrying out of the death sentence. The proba bility is that most people, if asked, would at once say the gallows; yet this is far from being the case. The favorite mode seems to be the guillotine, which is employed public ly in France, Belgium, Denmark, Hanover and privately in Bavaria, Saxony and also in two cantons of Switzerland. The cheery gallows comas next in the running and is favored publicly in Austria, Portugal and Russia; and privately in Great Britain and in the United States of America. Death by the sword obtains in fif teen cantons in Switzerland, in China and Russia publicly; and in Prussia privately. Ecuador, Oldenburg and Russia have adopted the musket, all public ly, while in China they have strangu lation by the cord, and in Spain the garrote, both public; and in Bruns wick death by the axe, and by the electric chair in New York. In Italy there is no capital punish ment. Not Yerk City. (New York Herald.) New York city gets its milk supply from 30,214 daires. ' Real estate values on Manhattan Island are increasing at the rate of $620,000 a day. There are 3,390 Smiths of full age in New York city, and GSO of them have telephones. New York city's water reservoirs hold a sufficient supply to meet the usual needs of the city for fourteen weeks. More than one-half the members of New York city's population 2, 753,295 persons have deposits in the city's savings banks. HIS Write today for a free copy of valuable 64-pae Illustrated Boole for Women. If you nd MedkalAd vicV. describe your symptoms. Matina age. and reply will be sent In piam scaled envelope. Address Ladies Advisory Dept.. 1 he nauartooga meaicma -u., When toe Roasting Ears Are Ripe. 'Tis a glad and glorious season When the roasting ears are ripe; For you know that summer's ending And the toilful months are tending Towards the time your labor's bend ing When the roasting ears are ripe. 'Tis a full and happy season When the roasting ears are ripe; For the gardens all are yielding And the crops are all a-fielding Fruits for which we've all been delv ing When the roasting ears are ripe. 'Tis a jolly, restful season When the roasting ears are ripe; Soon the plows and hoes will rattle, Piled in sheds where children prattle And we'll rest like lazy cattle When the roasting ears are ripe. E. E. Hilliard. Feasting or Fasting. (The Commoner.) In these days of contradictory evi dences and advices, one hardly knows what to believe, or whether to be lieve anything very strongly. But of one thing the most of us may be certain that we are "digging our graves with our teeth." Too much time and strength is spent, on the part of the housewife, in planning and preparing the meals, and too much eating is indulged in by near ly every -one. It is being demon strated on all hands that what we need is not more cooks, but less cooking; less food and more fasting. Evidence is accumulating in all quarters that most of people "live to eat," and eat altogether more than the digestive organs can care for without breaking down. Referring to an article which re cently appeared in our home talks, a reader from Little Rock, Ark., tells us that until the age of fifty years (some seventeen years ago) , he ate all sorts of foods and suffered all sorts of ailments, for which he took all sorts of medicines as is the cus tom "even until to-day," with the masses of people; then he quit the use of meats and medicines, and be gan eating to live, and during these later years, he has been free from ailments; seven or eight years ago, he also quit taking breakfast, and he is now, at the age of sixty-seven hale, hearty, vigorous mentally and physically, with a clear mind, hope ful, cheerful, brighter memory, and feels greatly benefited in every way. He tells us that he can do hard phys ical or mental labor with much great er ease than formerly, and eats only two very light meals a day usually milk and graham bread, and some times fasts for several days at a time. Another letter is from a lady of "several years past sixty," who has always been a light eater, her poor appetite being a cause of constant comment among her friends. But she is a very active, energetic old lady, doing hard mental and physical work and "holding her own" among women twenty years younger than herself, bright, cheerful, hopeful and deeply interested in the questions of the day, and she attributes much of her mental activity and physical en ergy to the fact that she "eats to live." The lady lives principally on a meat diet. Alarm Clock. (New York World.) An alarm clock in the kitchen is a great time and labor saver. When you put a roast or a baking in the oven or vegetables on to cook, set the alarm for the time they will need your attention mind and go about something else. It will save the trou ble of watching the clock or running every few minutes to see if the arti cle is cooked. Best of all, it will pre vent burning, as one is apt to forget her cooking after leaving the kitchen and becoming interested in some thing else. There is something wrong with the man who can be satisfied while the saloon remains. . . . yjmiuuii. COWBOYS' BOOTS. Why the Flainsmen Want High and Sharp Pointed Heels. (Kansas City Star.) In Olathe, Kan., there i3 a factory which makes 200 pairs of cowboy boots each week. Each pair of these boots is made to order. The com pany has a catalogue, which it sends to the cattle ranches throughout the southwest. It tells the cowboys how to take measurements of their own feet. These are sent to the factory and the boots made and sent out. A cowboy boot is in a distinct class by itself. The leg must be dec orated with fancy lines and curves sewed into the leather, and, above everything else, the heel must be at least two inches high, must curve in ward from the back, and the bottom of the heel must be very small. A cowboy takes especial pride in two things his hat and his boots. He often pays $50 for his hat, and the best of the cowboy boots cost from $8 to $16. The ordinary shoe maker cannot make boots to suit a true cowboy; he cannot get the heels right, and so the cowboy sends away for them and pays a big price and express charges besides. The factory in Olathe employs fifty men. All of the work is done by hand and some of the shoemakers were brought from Germany and England especially to work in that factory. Cowboys say they have high and sharp pointed heels to their boots not because of vanity and pride, but as a matter of convenience. The high heel prevents the boots from passing through the stirrups, and they are also a brace when on the ground roping an animal. As the steer pulls to get away the cow boy sinks his sharp heels into the sod, and this prevents him from slipping. Millions In It. (Kinston Free Prest.) President Harvie Jordan and oth ers who are in a position to know sa's that if the proper reforms in baling and caring for the baled cot ton were adopted the cotton growers of this country would save $43,000,! 000 each year. That is a big sum o? money, but it can be made by the farmers, for "money saved is money made." And they will save it in having their bales in better shape for hand ling, and shipping, in the prevention of waste, in escaping the big loss sustained each year for damaged cotton, in getting better insurance rates. The cotton grower suffers a great loss each season from the fact that he puts up his fleecy staple which is just as valuable as gold in a slovenly form. Foreign cotton growing countries are taking advantage of our care lessness in this respect. They are putting up their cotton in a much bet ter way than the method we employ; and the result is that their bales are much preferred to ours. If they could produce the lint that we do, we could not compete with them; but they can't do it and so our slovenly cotton goes out into the markets of the world and our growers have to pay the penalty of careless ness. There are millions in it for the Southern farmer if he will only de mand and enforce a reform; and there are other millions if he will have the ginner to bale his product in cotton instead of jute or other bagging. literally The Truth. (Lippincott's Magazine.) Two or three generations ago Dr. Samuel Reed was one of the promi nent physicians in Boston. His large practice included many patients out side of the city limits, and these he visited in his buggy. One day he bought a new horse with which he was much pleased until he discovered that the animal had an insurmountable objection to bridges of all kinds and could not be made to cross one. As, at this period, it was necessary to cross some bridges in order to reach any one of the surrounding towns, the doctor decided to sell the horse. He did not think it necessary to mention the animal's peculiarity, but was much too honest to misrep resent him, and, after some thought, produced the following advertise ment which he inserted in a local paper: For Sale. A bay horse, warrant ed sound and kind. The only reason for selling is because the owner is obliged to leave Boston. De Witt's Little Early Risers don't sicken or gripe. Small Pills, easy to take. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. 9 n H V B 'iris Scragoly Do you like it? Then why be contented with it? Have to be? Oh, no! Just put on Ayer's Hair Vigor and have long, thick hair; soft, even hair. But first of all, stop your hair from coming out. Save what you have. Ayer's Hair Vigor will not disappoint you. It feeds the hair-bulbs; makes weak hair strong. The best kind of a testimonial "Sold for over sixty years." Li Kade by J. O. A jrer Co., Lowell, Mass. Also manulMturera or 7 SARSAPAHLU. yers PILLS. CHERRY PECTORAL. Ea A Misleading Title. An amusing story is told of tho Bishop of Sodor and Man's visit to Melton Nowbray some months ago, sajs the Philadelphia Inquirer. A brougham awaited him at the station, and he stepped in it, expecting to be taken at once to his destination. To his surprise, however, the coachman sat motionless on the box, without the least intention, apparently, of leaving the station. At last the Bishop inquired why he was waiting. "Well, sir," said the coachman, T was told to wait for the Bishop of SodoT and Man. You've arrived, sir, and now I'm waiting for the man." Slimmer coughs and colds yield nt once to IVcs Laxative Cough Syrup. Contains Jioney and tar hut no opiates. Children like it. Pleasant, to take. JU laxative qualities recommend it in mothers. Hoarseness, coughs, croup yield quickly. E. T. Whitehead & Co. A day or two ago the New York Times was foaming at the mouth over Governor Glann's "defiance of the Federal authority." Nov It Is run ning him for President. How is that for a lightning change? Charlotte Chronicle. Keep the pores open and the skin clean when you have a eut juu n.hruiso or scratch. IV' Witt's Carl-olied Witch Hazel Salve penetrates the Mres and heals quickly. Sold l.y E. T. White head & Co. Another instance of how the South oppresses the negro is to be found in the fact that the Alabama Legis lature has just voted that Booker Washington's school at Tuskegto should be tax f ree.Charlotte Chroni cle. rineules for the kidneys strengthen these organs and assist in drawing poi son from the Mood. Try them for rheumatism, kidney, Madder trouble, for luinhao and tired wont out feel ing. They !i hig quick rcli'-f. Satisfac tion Guaranteed. K. T. Whitehead & Co. A New York doctor says that it's the heart and not the brain that does the thinking; if true, this explains the accuracy of woman's intuitions. Houston Chronicle. ENDORSED BY THE COUNTY. "The most popular remedy in Otsego County, ind the lst friend of my fam ily," Wm. M. Dietz, editor and pnh-li.-lier of the Otsego Journal, Oilbcrts ville, N. Y., "is Dr. King's Xew Dis covery. It has proved to he an infal liiTt" cure for coughs and colds, making short work of the worst of them. Wo always keep a hottlu in the house. I believe it to he the most valuable pre scription known for Lung and Throat diseases." Guaranteed to never disap point the taker, by E. T. Whitehead & Co's Drug store. Price y)c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. One may be sure that he has some how got on the wrong side when he ceases to feel indignation and hatred against the activities of sin. "We never repent of eating too little," was one of the ten rules of life of Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States, and the rule npplfes to every one with out exception during thi.s hot weather, because it is hard for food, even in small quantities, to he digested when the Mood is at high temperature. At tbia season we should eat sparingly and projcrly. We should also help the stomach as much as iossiMe by the u. of a little Kodol For Indigestion and Dy.scpsia, which will. rest the stomach by digesting the food itself. Sold by E. T. Whitehead it Co. An optimist is one who keeps alive the joy derived from commonthings. "REGULAR AS THE SUN" is an expression as old as the race. No doubt the rising and setting of the sun is the most regular performance in tho universe, unless it is the action of tho liver and bowels when regulated with Dr. King's New Life Pills. Guaran teed by E. T. Whitehead & Co., drug gists. 25c. iYiu no.
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